FI:PB151 Computer Systems - Course Information

PB151 Computer Systems

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2018

Extent and Intensity

3/0/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Michal Brandejs, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Eva Hladká, Ph.D.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. Ing. Michal Brandejs, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics

Timetable

Thu 12:00–14:50 D3, Thu 12:00–14:50 D2, Thu 12:00–14:50 D1, except Thu 25. 10. ; and Thu 25. 10. 12:00–14:50 D2, 12:00–14:50 D1

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! NOW( PB150 Computer-Systems Architectures )

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Applied Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
Bioinformatics (programme FI, B-AP)
Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-EB)
Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-FY)
Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-CH)
Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-IO)
Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-MA)
Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-TV)
Public Administration Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
Mathematical Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
Mathematics with Informatics (programme PřF, N-MA)
Mathematics (programme PřF, B-MA)
Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, B-IN)
Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Technology and IT Education (programme PdF, B-SPE)
Computer Graphics and Image Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, B-IN)
Computer Systems and Data Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
Business Informatics (programme ESF, B-SI)
Programmable Technical Structures (programme FI, B-IN)
Embedded Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
Service Science, Management and Engineering (programme FI, N-AP)
Social Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, B-IN)

Course objectives

At the end of the course student should be able to understand and explain a general technical principles about computer systems operation.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course the student will be able to understand basic principles of digital computers; understand the design of numerical systems used in computer technology and convert numbers between systems; will understand the principles of storing information, coding and storing texts. The student will understand the principles of the elementary processor and its programming at the lowest level. Student general principles compare with a specific implementation on Intel x86 processors and will be able to understand the implemented technologies of paging, caching and some others.

Syllabus

Terms, history, computer generations, categories.
Numeral systems, differences between systems, integer, arithmetics.
Codes, internal, external, ECC.
Electronic circuits, memories: parameters, architecture.
Processor, programming, microprogramming.
Processor architecture, memory addresses, operational modes, register structures.
Architectures: RISC/CISC, cache memories.
IEEE 754.
I/O devices and its connections.

Literature